We always knew Eddie Butler had a big one in him and yesterday, at Lord’s, he
duly delivered it. “On the line — it’s a nine,” chimed the BBC’s voice of
archery, to the intense delight of the hundreds of thousands watching who
hadn’t expected the mellifluous Welshman to “go bingo” so early in the
Games.

Of course, it only sums up the fickle nature of the Olympic commentary
business that, within moments of this exquisite triumph, Butler had fallen
miserably foul of the curse of Murray Walker. Great Britain’s women’s
archery team were still within reach of their Russian opponents